The value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in diagnosing infectious endocarditis

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1102-1107

  Kouijzer, Ilse J E ^a   Vos, Fidel J ^a,b   Janssen, Marcel J R ^a   Van Dijk, Arie P J ^a   Oyen, Wim J G ^a   Bleeker Rovers, Chantal P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Bacteraemia; Duke criteria; Infectious endocarditis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE;

BACTEREMIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84879504788     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2376-0     Document Type: Article

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